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Chedoke brow lands plan targets retirees – Developer’s proposal expected to be considered by council early next year

маси By Mark Newman/News staff News Nov 12, 2009 Active, wealthy retirees who don’t want to do much cooking are part of the focus in the final plans for development of Chedoke brow lands that were submitted to the city late last month “We are looking at an adult lifestyle community, which basically means retirement (living),” said Ron Starr, president of development... [Read more]

Residents gearing up for OMB fight with developers over plans for Niagara Escarpment in Pleasant View

MPP says no retirement home Residents gearing up for OMB fight with developers over plans for Niagara Escarpment in Pleasant View BY ERIC MCGUINNESS Hamilton Spectator DUNDAS ? Liberal cabinet minister Ted McMeekin says there’s no way a 760-unit retirement community will ever be built in rural Pleasant View neighbourhood at the foot of the Niagara Escarpment. “That development will not go ahead,”... [Read more]

Brow lands plan shows lack of foresight

Brow lands plan shows lack of foresight Chris Erl, Hamilton Mountain Letters To The Editor – Mountain News Nov 20, 2009 Re: Chedoke brow lands plan targets retirees (Nov. 13) It seems to be a pattern in Hamilton whereby a problem arises, a mediocre plan is developed and neither side in the dispute is at all satisfied with the outcome This pattern is soon to repeat itself with the “re-development”... [Read more]

Niagara Escarpment Commission

Link to – INFORMATION REPORT: Niagara Escarpment Commission (March 10, 2009) In 2007, Deanlee Management Inc. submitted applications to amend the City of Hamilton Official Plan and Zoning By-law and submitted a draft plan of subdivision for a property located on the brow of the Niagara Escarpment at the intersection of Sanatorium Drive and Scenic Drive. The proposed development sited in the NEP’s... [Read more]

Another Proposal by Deanlee

Kaboom. Oops, There Goes the Neighborhood! Click here to download the pdf file, if the adobe application fails.

Sanatorium Road closure

Please be advised that the Operations and Maintenance Division has circulated a form requesting comments regarding the closure of a portion of Sanatorium Road which runs through the Brow Lands. If you did not receive a notice by mail and wish to comment, please download the form and submit your comments by February 13, 2009.

Developer may adjust brow lands plans

Developer may adjust brow lands plans

Lots Of Love for the Niagara Escarpment

Sarah Harmer winning allies in Burlington quarry fight The Hamilton Spectator Graham Rockingham Sarah Harmer has gained the support of Burlington Mayor Cam Jackson and world renowned architect Douglas Cardinal in her fight against a quarry proposal on Mt. Nemo in north Burlington. Cardinal, designer of the $340 million Canadian Museum of Civilization, spoke at a public meeting Thursday night, organized... [Read more]

City planners will recommend development for Chedoke brow lands

But size and scope of Chedoke project still be determined By Mark Newman http://www.hamiltonmountainnews.com/news/article/142924 Sep 12, 2008 West Mountain residents who were hoping for no development on the Chedoke brow lands are going to be disappointed. City planning staff, currently reviewing a revised plan by Deanlee Management to build upwards of 600 high end condominium units on the site,... [Read more]

Deanlee Management Inc. Sponsored Bus Tour

On Thursday, January 17th, Deanlee Management Inc. arranged a tour of some residential development in Mississauga and Toronto which they felt would give a good sense of possible configurations etc. for the Chedoke Browlands. I shot a series of pictures: You can view the sets at Flickr.com by clicking here or you can quickly scroll through each set by clicking on the thumbnails below. However, the aerial... [Read more]

Dec. 31 deadline for browland vote Chedoke

“I’m really impressed with the city planning department and the length they’ve gone to really educate us and do some pretty professional work here to show us what these things could look like and to facilitate the process as well to try and get us converging on something,” Mr. Colbert said. “I would vote for something medium because I’m concerned about the environmental... [Read more]

Vote via email-Voting will be open until midnight on December 31

As per the request of the community at Public Information Centre #4, City staff has provided an opportunity to vote via email on the overall Community Option for the brow lands. Preliminary information on approximate unit numbers, density, population and traffic analysis has been provided for each of the options. ***Please note that numbers and figures are approximate and based on certain assumptions.... [Read more]

Short Of A Riot – Nothing Will Stop This Process

I’m certainly not advocating a riot… at any rate, we are much too civilized, or too comfortable, or too worn out, or just too damn old for such an enterprise. However, as a participant in the community sub-committee meeting of Nov.5, I have this to say – the game is rigged and we are mere props with the word ‘rubberstamp’ writ large. Staff from the Department of Planning... [Read more]

Thanks Mary Ellen Kaye!

It’s interesting that on the same day the Spec printed your letter to the editor, there was also an article entitled, “New condos have million-dollar view” Here is what the story had to say – [Read more]

Slide Show Of Chedoke Brow

I put together a pictorial presentation of Chedoke Sanatorium area. (I was motivated by the photo presentation, created by another resident in our community.) To view the file you will need a plugin, you can get it by clicking this link. Clicking here will open the link to the presentation. Once the file is open, you can view the show by ‘left clicking’ the image and selecting full screen,... [Read more]

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